Birth. November 3, 1879, Mossul, Ottoman Empire (now Iraq). From an old Syrian Christian family, which in the late 18th century had entered the Syrian union with Rome. His baptismal name was Abdalahad Leo.
Education. Studied at the Dominican Syro-Chaldean Seminary, Mossul, from 1892 until 1902.
Priesthood. Ordained, November 3 (or 9), 1902, Mossul. Took the name Dominique. Faculty member of the Syro-Chaldean Dominican Seminary, 1902-1908. Secretary of the apostolic delegation in Mesopotamia, 1908-1912.
Episcopate. Elected titular bishop of Danaba and appointed patriarchal vicar in Mardin, September 14, 1912. Consecrated, January 19, 1913, Beirut, Lebanon, by Ignace-Denis Rahmani, patriarch of Antioch of the Syrians. Took the name Théophile-Gabriel. Transferred to the titular see of Batne, January 19, 1913, because "Danaba" has an undignified quality in Arabic ears. In 1918, because of the difficulties of the Christians in parts of the Ottoman Empire, Bishop Tappouni was arrested by the Turkish authorities and accused of treason; he was court-martialed without a regular trial, and imprisoned in Aleppo under threat of execution. Angelo Maria Dolci, titular archbishop of Gerapoli, apostolic delegate in Istanbul, obtained a stay of execution; and Empress Zita of Austri
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